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Vocalist/songwriter Takako Minekawa avoids many J-pop cliches, crafting her unique audio from her personal obsessions — felines, keyboards, France pop — and her special, girlish voice. A kid movie and Television superstar in Japan, Minekawa was generally thinking about music and produced her initial group Lolita with some university close …

Named following a little, Hungarian-made motor unit scooter, Solex may be the task of Amsterdam-based record-shop owner and songwriter Elisabeth Esselink. Previously an associate of Dutch indie pop group Sonetic Veterinarian, Esselink wished to exhibit her musical concepts more totally; after purchasing an 8-monitor recorder and an antique sampler, Esselink …

Japanese sonic collagists Buffalo Daughter shaped in 1993, comprising vocalists/multi-instrumentalists SuGar Yoshinaga and Yumiko Ohno alongside turntablist Moog Yamamoto. Cutting-and-pasting noises which range from funk to lounge-pop to avant-noise, the trio debuted the next year using the LP Shaggy Headdressers, implemented in 1995 by Amoeba Soundsystem; using the 1996 seven-inch …

Though relatively unfairly consigned towards the wastebasket of musical history, Mean Machine deserve their put in place the hip-hop hall of fame by dint to be the very first crew to rap in Spanish, in 1979. Therefore they might serve as a signpost to following years of Latino rappers, from …

Puffy AmiYumi certainly are a Japanese pop group who’ve achieved the status of a industry within their homeland, where their records have distributed more than fourteen million units, they’ve successfully marketed a dizzying selection of merchandise (from the original T-shirts and souvenir books to dolls, bow ties, and underwear) and …

Making use of their dark hip-hop-influenced alternative rock and roll, Luscious Jackson re-create the dense, multicultural bohemian world of NY inside a collage of sound, where Spanish guitars, jazzy keyboards, funky beats, and breathy, singsong vocals combine into one. Just like the Beastie Males, Luscious Jackson’s eclecticism doesn’t acknowledge limitations; …

The Olympia, WA lo-fi electronic trio IQU (pronounced ee-koo) includes keyboardist Michiko Swiggs, bassist Aaron Hartman and guitarist/turntablist/theremin player K.O. Though their music started as free-form improvisation incorporating analog synths, upright bass, electric guitar and dance beats, it advanced into more organised songs by enough time K.O.’s employer, Calvin Johnson …

The experimental rock project Mi-Gu was founded by Yuko Araki, who performed being a drummer in Cornelius’ band and in addition used the Yoko Ono Music group, If by Yes, and Mike Watt’s Brother’s Sister’s Daughter. Araki released Mi-Gu’s self-titled debut record in 2003, providing playful, fractured pop that recalled …